One-Liner Wednesday – Maddie’s Request

Maddie and I usually walk on Saturday and Sunday. She often walks with the Editor during the week, but then they fall into their normal routine. I should add that their normal routine doesn’t include me barging in, slamming opening and closing doors, toggling lights, responding to sounds on my phone or yelling for asking the Editor to come out to the garage and look at something. Their normal routine is busy, but quiet.

By the end of a normal weekend, Maddie is tired. She often sleeps quite a bit on Monday. But, not this Monday. This was a holiday and since I had taken Thursday and Friday off, it was the fifth day in a row that I was home. Sunday was a washout, but Labor Day came with the request (Maddie’s) and promise of a walk.

I’m not sure Maddie was really up for it. Midway around the park, she paused, looked up at me and seemed to say:

“Can we go home now?”

I let her lead from that point forward, and she took the shortcut through one parking lot and avoided crossing the street to the other park. Once home, she staked out the couch in the family room and settled in for a long nap.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. You can follow this link to see the one-liners from the other participants. The gallery includes some pictures from our various walks and (of course) some of Maddie. Click any photo to start a show and read the captions.

“It’s raining, can I just sit here for a while?”

Even Chippy has moved to higher ground. On top of the gutter instead of under it.

“Can we go home?”

The morning after the storm.

The entrance to Maddie’s park. We had a lot of rain the day before.

This was a long foul ball. After trying to go artistic, I tossed it back on the field.

Monkey bars and swings – the sights of summer.

“Can I go now?” “No! Someone said people don’t like seeing just one crow.”

Maddie’s park is well within the landing path of BDL.

I keep trying to get the photo right.

“Before you guys go for your walk, can you tell the lady that we’re hungry?”

“The nice lady said I could have this.”

After our walk, Maddie invited me to share the couch with her. I make a good pillow.

“Can I just sleep here for a while?”

“Oh yeah, this will do fine.”

“Is that a bunny? If I wasn’t so tired, I’d go investigate.”

During the thunderstorms, Maddie likes to be wrapped in her Thundershirt.